Reports

Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation Progressive Employment Model Replication and Evaluation Report: 2019-2020 Update

Working Paper Series, Version 2

By Dennis Moore, Kelly Haines, Ngai Kwan, Melissa Alford, and Susan Foley

 

This brief update to the working paper provides recent information on key Progressive Employment services delivered and outcome data in Nebraska.

Read the 2019-2020 update.

Vocational Rehabilitation Human Resources (HR) Guidebook

 

 

This collection of materials available throughout the Human Resources (HR) Guidebook provides examples of workforce practice in Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) and in related organizations. The materials are provided as resources and tools for VR Human Resources (HR).

Is the HR Guidebook for me?

The audience for this Guidebook includes VR personnel on various levels of the agency, including VR counselors, field staff, administrators, and leadership, as well as others in the VR field who partner with VR agencies.

Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation Progressive Employment Model Replication and Evaluation Report: Working Paper

This working paper series provides preliminary information and documents the process and impact of the Progressive Employment model implementation in Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation. These papers will be updated as the research progresses to reflect new data and findings.

View highlights from the 2017 working paper.

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Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Progressive Employment Model Replication and Evaluation Report: Working Paper

The Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Progressive Employment Model Replication and Evaluation Report is a working paper that discusses preliminary findings of the Progressive Employment (PE) model implementation in Maine. Section 1 of this report gives an overview of the PE model components, and all aspects of the replication and evaluation study. Section 2 of this report provides a summary of PE services delivered. Section 3 provides the results of the impact analysis on service-related outcomes, and Section 4 discusses the impact on employment outcomes.

Job-Driven Strategies for Serving Individuals Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Forum for Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies

Business don’t want to hear the phrase ‘vocational rehabilitation’ -- they want to hear about talent and how to connect talent to their job-driven, demand-driven needs”. – Bill Robinson, Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons

 
In June 2018, Job-Driven VR Technical Assistance Center (JD-VRTAC), Workforce Innovation TA Center (WINTAC), and Mississippi State University NRTC on Blindness & Low Vision hosted an in-person forum for VR agencies serving individuals who are blind and visually impaired.

North Dakota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation uses LMI with Consumers

North Dakota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (NDDVR) participated in the JD-VRTAC intensive TA, with a focus on how to help consumers use LMI on their own. NDDVR developed and delivered VR consumer group trainings about how to use The Career Index Plus (TCI+) for career exploration, and included supplemental instructional guides for consumers to reference during and after the training.

Virginia Department for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Demand and Supply Meetings

The Career Pathways Project Coordinator (CPPC) at Virginia Department for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI) hosts Demand Meetings and Supply Meetings in each region throughout the state around career pathway industries. Demand Meetings include VR business relations specialists (BRS), as well as representatives from businesses and community colleges. The BRSs, CPPC, and Community College representatives learn from employers about what credentials are important for potential employees.